Attachment for paint buckets



May 27, 1930.

H. SILL ATTACHMENT FOR PAINT BUCKETS Filed April 11, 1928 NVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented May 27, 1930 UNITEB gTATEZfi HARRY SILL, OF MINEOLA, NEW YORK ATTACHMENT FOR PAINT BUCKETS Application filed April 11, 1928.

My present invention has reference to an improved brush support for paint buckets.

My object is the provision of an article for this purpose which shall be simply construct- 5 ed and readily attached to the rim or top of a paint bucket and effectively supported thereon, and thereby serving, with the rim,

as a rest for the brush when the same is laid in fiat position thereon as well as serving for 1% a scraper for removing surplus paint from the brush and likewise afiording a support,

for a plurality of brushes wh n the same are arranged in vertical position in the paint bucket. 15 To the attainment of the above the invention consists in the improvement as herein-- fter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a paint bucket having my improvement in applied position thereon and showing the manner in which the brush is supported in horizontal position on the top of the bucket.

Figure 2 is a side elevation to illustrate the manner in which the brush is sustained in vertical position on the paint bucket.

Figure 3 is a plan view to illustrate the arrangement of a plurality of brushes supported by the improvement.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the improvement per se.

As is well known in the art, brushes when not in use are laid across the rim of the mouth of a paint containing bucket with the result that the rim becomes coated with paint and the paint from the brush is liable to drip on the surface that supports the bucket. Also it is a common practice for painters to allow their brushes to rest in the bottom of the bucket all night or for a greater length of time. This results in the bristles of the brush becoming bunched or turned at the bottom thereof and likewise results in the necessity of scraping the brush before the same can again be successfully used. It will be noted as the description progresses that my improvement overcomes the above contingencies; that the improvement may be firmly attached to the rim or mouth of the bucket and that the same not only affords a support for Serial No. 269,261.

a brush or brushes in horizontal position, but as a scraper for such brush or brushes.

Referring now to the drawings the numeral 1 designates an ordinary paint bucket and the rim on the mouth of the bucket is in- 5. dicated by the numeral 2. My improvement is preferably constructed from a single strip of metal that is centrally bent upon itself to provide a main plate or body portion 2. The members comprising the plate'or body 2, at their upper ends are bent laterally, as at 3, and the upper edges of these laterally bent ends are curved upwardly and downwardly to provide lips or jaws 4. The lateral ends 3 of the plate 2 are rounded to correspond to the contour of the'bucket, the ears or jaws being likewise rounded.

The ears or jaws are designed for frictional engagement with the rim 2 of the bucket, and by virtue of such engagement to force the lateral ends 3 against the inner sides of the bucket. When in such position a paint brush or brushes 5 may be supported horizontally between the rim and the upper rounded edge of the plate 2 so that any paint dripping 75 from the brush will be received in the bucket. The heads of the brushes have inserted in the sides thereof headed elements, such as tacks 6 and these tacks 6 are arranged over the upper edge of the plate 2 when the brushes are to be supported in vertical position in the bucket.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A brush support for paint buckets formed from a single strip of metal which is folded longitudinally and bent upon itsel to pro vide a two-ply plate, the ends of the plate being formed with lateral extensions which are rounded to correspond with the inner contour of a paint bucket,said lateral eXtensions having their upper edges curved outwardly and downwardly to provide jaws and which jaws are designed for frictional en-' gagement with the rim of a paint bucket.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

. HARRY SILL. 

